Neotectonics and the Kos Plateau Tuff eruption of 161 ka, South Aegean arc

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 315-338

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Perissoratis, Constantine ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Inst of Geology/Mineral Exploration   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Faults; Greece; Pyroclastic flow; Seismic reflection profile; Subsidence; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VOLCANOES;

COASTAL EROSION; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; NEOTECTONICS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS;

TECTONICS;

NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10844271312     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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